Dear Attorney General Crist: Why is this man still doing life + 10 in a Florida prison?

Those who have been following the story of Alan Yurko know
that this man has orchestrated, from prison, one of the
most effective legal challenges to key facets of organized
medicine's most fundamental betrayals of the public trust:
Routine childhood vaccinations and the booming dead baby
parts industry. With the help of a growing cast of
supporters comprising an international who's who of
experts, activists, laypeople, reporters, editors and
public health officials, the Yurko Project has
forced the state of Florida to admit that one of its state
medical examiners botched the autopsy that convicted Yurko
of shaking his baby to death. The Florida medical
examiner's commission has barred Orange/Osceola County
Medical Examiner Shashi Gore from conducting any more
autopsies and stated they would fire him if he wasn't
retiring in June, 2004. The state of Florida has
discredited Gore's autopsy in the Yurko matter. That
autopsy is the chief evidence the state has against Yurko.
Yurko, on the other hand, has hundreds of pages of evidence
proving that contraindicated administration of vaccines
and an overdose of heparin caused his two-month old baby to
die. Why, then, is Alan Yurko still in prison? In 1998
Alan Yurko was sentenced to serve life plus 10 years in a
Florida prison as a cover for the medical malpractice and
vaccine-induced injuries that caused the death of his
infant son.

Charles Crist, Attorney General
Office of the Attorney General
State of Florida
The Capitol PL-01
Tallahassee, FL 32399-1050

Re: Alan Yurko vs. The State

Case No. CR99-1798

Dear Attorney General Crist:

On 29 November 1997 at 10:15 A.M., Orange/Osceola County
Medical Examiner Shashi B. Gore, MD performed an autopsy on
Alan Ream Yurko, wherein he determined the cause of death
to be subdural hematoma (SDH) due to shaken baby
syndrome (SBS), and the manner, a homicide. Since
Mr. Yurko's conviction, considerable vindicating evidence
has arisen. Especially pertinent is the Complaint about Dr.
Gore sent by Alan and Francine Yurko to the Florida Medical
Examiners Commission in May 2003:
www.freeyurko.bizland.com/gorecompl.html.

You are urged to review the specifications of the
Complaint, which contains 25 itemized points (attached),
including the fact that, after the criminal trial, Dr. Gore
altered his autopsy report without notice to the courts or
the other parties involved, and thus altered evidence in
criminal proceedings.

Furthermore, Dr. Gore testified that he did not seek or
review the medical history of the decedent, which would
have revealed a severe hospital overdose of the
anticoagulant heparin in a contraindicated setting. CT
scans revealed that the fatal hemorrhages occurred while
Alan Ream Yurko was in the hospital. The evidence proves
that the cause of death could not have been SBS but
resulted from over-heparinization (among other things) at
8.8 times maximum recommended dose for a healthy infant.
And the Yurko infant was not healthy, by any means.

Dr. Gore's neglect, errors, false testimony, and malfeasant
performance (abetted by two other doctors in this case) led
to a wrongful conviction, placing an innocent man in prison
for life without parole. Alan Yurko has been wrongfully
imprisoned since December, 1997.

The question to you, Attorney General Crist is, simply, why
is Alan Yurko still in prison? Since his conviction was
based largely upon Shashi Gore's erroneous autopsy, and
since the Florida Medical Examiners Commission has recently
suspended Gore based upon the Complaint referred to in this
letter, why is Mr. Yurko not being released?

Your attention and action is required to end this travesty
of justice. The people of Florida need to know that you are
willing to restore integrity and justice to Florida's legal
system. Mr. Yurko's immediate release from prison is an
important step to take in establishing justice in this
case.

Sincerely,

***

Twenty-five points discrediting the autopsy cited as
evidence that Yurko shook his baby to death

2. Page 2 states there were no hemorrhages at the thoracic,
lumbar, or sacral spine, whereas page 7 states that there
are hemorrhages in the lower thoracic, lumber, and sacral
spine.

3. Page 6 states that head circumference is 22 cm, whereas
decedent was born with a 31.5 cm head, and just prior to
autopsy, decedent is noted to have a 37.5 cm head.

4. Page 9 has a description of microscopic examination of
inner heart muscle tissue, whereas pages 2 & 5 state
that the heart was surgically absent as a result of organ
harvesting. Special Procedures on page 6 notes that blood
was obtained at harvesting, but no heart tissue. TransLife
records do not indicate tissue samples saved for the ME.
Tissue blocks on file at Dr. Gore's office do not contain a
heart sample. The expert for the defense in the subsequent
criminal trial noted in testimony that heart tissue slides
were not included in the set. Tissue samples of myocardium
are not logical for donor organs. The heart was
successfully transplanted.

6. Page 4 notes a contusion of the left lateral surface of
the chest, whereas page 8 states that the skin does not
show any subcutaneous contusions of the buttocks, chest or
abdomen. Yet, elsewhere on page 8, a chest contusion is
noted.

7. No toxicology, virology or bacteriology testing was
ordered by Dr. Gore.

8. Page 10 notes that decedent was a 2 month-old black
male, whereas he was a 10 week-old white male.

9. After the criminal trial, Dr. Gore altered his report to
state the correct race without notice to the courts or
involved parties, and thus altered evidence in criminal
proceedings. Dr. Gore testified that the mistake was a
typographical error; however, it should be noted that there
are no letters in the word black that are in
the word white. (TT Vol. III p.272; 24 thru
p.273; 23)

10. Dr. Gore testified that he did not seek or review
medical history of the decedent, which would have revealed
a 75-hour course of heparin overdose in an absolutely
contraindicated setting (decedent had received
iatrogenically 1095 IUs of heparin every five hours,
whereas maximum dosage for this infant, according to the
Physicians Desk Reference (2002 and 1997 editions), is only
125 IUs of heparin every five hours; and, as stated,
heparin was absolutely contraindicated due to the high risk
of hemorrhage.

Furthermore, had Dr. Gore properly investigated, he would
have seen that CT scans revealed only an antemortem
intracranial hemorrhage, 10 hours post-terminal hospital
course admission. As well, the CT scans revealed only one
tiny subdural hemorrhage occurring in hospital.
Therefore, the bilaterality and inclusion of subarachnoid
hemorrhages indicate that these hemorrhages occurred during
the hospital course and could not have been SBS, but were a
result of absolutely contraindicated over-heparinization,
infused at 8.8 times maximum recommended allowances.

11. Dr. Gore testified that he did not, nor did his office,
interview the caretakers or get the medical history/records
of the infant -- necessary procedures in diagnosing SBS.
Dr. Gore admitted that this was necessary to make the
diagnosis, yet made the diagnosis despite it. (TT Vol. III
pp. 246; 20 thru 254; 2)

15. Dr. Gore's attention to the medical history would have
shown that egregiously excessive administration of
bicarbonate occurred also. Bicarbonate was continuously
infused, despite pH levels contraindicating this treatment
(7.6 and 7.7), accounting for the hypoxic, edematous and
other changes seen intracranially and in the CNS.

16. Dr. Gore did not describe the microscopic appearance of
the meninges or the presence of DAI in the brain or spinal
cord.

17. Dr. Gore presented no description of his x-ray findings
of the rib changes.

18. Dr. Gore presented slides and testified about the old
callous of the 5th, 6th & 10th ribs, unrelated to the
present condition, as there was no new callous; yet he
notes the 7th as well in his report. (TT Vol. III p.221;
1-17)

20. The presence of bleeding in the lungs and lower spinal
cord is not indicative of SBS, yet Dr. Gore maintains his
diagnosis of SBS.

21. Dr. Gore testified that he did not test the
cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) because it was mixed with blood,
whereas his autopsy report notes on page 7 that the CSF was
clear. (TT Vol. III p. 238; 20-25, p.239; 1-22, p.242;
23-25 & p.243; 1-6)

22. Dr. Gore testified decedent did not have meningitis;
however, his autopsy report indicates that there was
meningitis. Tissue samples of the meninges revealed
prominent and acute meningitis. (TT Vol. III p.278; 9-14)

23. Dr. Gore presented photos of decedent in trial and
remarked about two bruises on the head, thereby presenting
evidence not related to the cause of death: he later
admitted that these bruises occurred in the hospital as a
result of handling. (TT Vol. III p.215; 21-25, p.216; 1-18,
p.254; 12-25 & p.255; 1-8)

24. Neither Dr. Gore, nor his office, performed a
crime-scene investigation, per protocol.

25. Numerous other discrepancies are revealed when Dr.
Gore's autopsy report and his testimony are scrutinized and
compared by independent analysts.

***

This landmark case may go back to trial. The state of
Florida is using every trick to stall and make justice in
this case as expensive as possible. To help pay for
mounting legal and professional fees, the Yurko Project has
an on-line yard sale. Buy something you need or donate an
item you don't -- help us win this case!

Copy, retype or request a clean electronic copy of the
letter above, sign it, attach the 25-point complaint above
and send it to AG Crist. Let him know that people all over
the country are wondering why Alan Yurko is doing life
while a compromised medical examiner awaits retirement.